First Banerjee ministry

First Banerjee ministry
First Banerjee ministry
19th Ministry of West Bengal
2011—2016
Date formed	20 May 2011
Date dissolved	25 May 2016
People and organisations
Governor	M. K. Narayanan D. Y. Patil Keshari Nath Tripathi
Chief Minister	Mamata Banerjee
Chief Minister's history	2011 — present
No. of ministers	29 Cabinet Ministers; 5 Minister of state (I/C); 8 Minister of state;
Total no. of members	42
Member party	All India Trinamool Congress
Status in legislature	Majority 184 / 294 (63%)
Opposition party	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Opposition leader	Surya Kanta Mishra
History
Election	2011
Outgoing election	2006
Legislature term	15th Assembly
Predecessor	Third Bhattacharjee ministry
Successor	Second Banerjee ministry

The Council of Ministers of West Bengal is the collective decision-making body of the Government of West Bengal, composed of the Chief Minister and the most senior of the government ministers. The Cabinet is the ultimate decision-making body of the executive within the Westminster system of government in traditional constitutional theory.

The Union Council of Ministers of the Government of West Bengal was formed after the 2011 West Bengal state assembly election held in six phases in 2011: on 18 April, 23 April, 27 April, 3 May, 7 and 10 May 2011. The results of the election were announced on 13 May 2011 and led to the formation of the 15th Vidhan Sabha. Mamata Banerjee took oath as the 11th Chief Minister of West Bengal on 20 May 2011, followed by the oath-taking ceremonies of the present 'Council of Ministers'.
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